A Stroll Around the Neighborhood

We have taken a couple of walks around the area, and I thought it would be fun to try to give you a flavor of what we see and the types of houses and yards that are in our neighborhood.  I had to hold Shauna back because she was so anxious to get on with it.  What a girl!!!!

The one common denominator around here is the dogs that are everywhere.  The majority of houses have fences around to keep their dogs in, and people out.  It is fun to be walking down the street and then have a dog jump up and start barking.  It keeps the old heart ticking.  

We're pretty sure the white dog has brain damage.  This is just across the street from where we live, and each time we go by they do the same thing. Make sure you watch this video!
 There a lot of signs on yard fences warning of dogs.  There are a lot of them around.  We know.  Especially during the nights and VERY EARLY MORNINGS.  

All houses have flowers, trees and grass if the space permits. They don't have any sprinkling systems here.  They rely solely on rain.  I'm sure that's what keeps it green.  The only flowers they need to water are the ones in the windows, or on the decks.

They have so many different types of flower and bushes with flowers on them.

I wish we could find something like this at home so I could kill it there.  

The one thing I will say, "They do use space efficiently here."  

I love the "natural look" of the sidewalks.  I think they are put in by the home owners, if they are there.  They are also kept up by the home owners.  But it really does have a very natural flavor to it.  If the sidewalk isn't there, you walk on the street, or grass if there is some in front of the house.  

This is a small vineyard by a house.  Grapes are a big thing here in Sopron, as it is, I believe, the major maker of wine in Hungary.  At least there are a lot of vineyards around here.

Every time I walk by here I am sooooooo tempted to eat one of these, but so far I have been able to restrain myself.  (This is just across the street from our house, so I guess I could go over at night......)

Here are a couple of "streets and pathways".  Most of the streets are very narrow and two cars can pass carefully, but if a car is parked on the street and two cars need to pass, one usually needs to pull over and let the other pass first.  I will say this about the drivers here..  They are very courteous, for the most part.  They will always stop for pedestrians, and are very good to let cars pull out into the roadway if the traffic is heavy.  

Well, maybe not always.  I wonder where the car is.
There are two final things I wanted to show you...

If I'm  not mistaken, this car is a Bentley, and would be worth a whole lot of money.

If  you are looking for a house to buy, I know where there is one for sale. I just love it over here.  I never get tired of the green and flowers and narrow streets and quaintness.  We are so blessed to be here.  And you are blessed to be there.  God bless America.  Our love to all of you.